A woman who ran a motorist off the road on her way back from Last Chance Saloon has been sent to drug court.
The woman, Natalie F. Boyd, 34, entered a guilty plea to the charge of reckless endangerment and was given an 11-month, 29-day sentence by General Sessions Judge Bill Locke. However, she will be furloughed to drug court for the duration of her sentence. Drug court is a rehabilitation program overseen by the court system aimed at reducing recidivism.
Her sentence comes after she ran a man off Highway 55 (Manchester Highway). The victim said he was traveling in the correct lane when Boyd’s Nissan Maxima traveled into his lane and nearly hit him head-on.
“He was forced into the emergency lane by the vehicle,” said reporting deputy Steve McMillen. “So he turned on his vehicle’s flashers, turned around, and followed the vehicle.”
The motorists called 911 to report the reckless driver as he followed her. She continued traveling to the intersection with Country Club Market. Along the way, she reportedly ran another vehicle off the road near Walker Nursery.
She continued on the highway until she turned into a long gravel driveway. She parked in a carport in front of a residence in Smartt Station. Deputies found her car parked there when they arrived. The motorists who had followed Boyd after being run off the road pointed them to where she had parked.
“The engine was still running,” McMillen noted. “The Nissan had run into a table in the carport.”
When Boyd came to the door, she admitted she may have done a little drinking earlier.
“She admitted driving the car back from Last Chance Saloon where she admitted she had a couple of drinks,” McMillen said.
The deputy noted Boyd could have hit someone head-on by driving on the wrong side of the four-lane highway.
“Her actions endangered the life of the driver and his passenger.” McMillen said.